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Crowded Pier

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Description: Elevated view of adults and children wearing bathing costumes standing on a wooden dock crowded with several varieties of boats. People are swimming in the...
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The Loraine Hotel

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Description: Men and women stand on the sidewalk in front of the Loraine Hotel near a parked automobile. One of the men holds a pennant reading, "Ocean City Teachers We...
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The Chandler White Hall Hotel

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Description: Front view of the Chandler White Hall Hotel. A double staircase leads to the first story porch where a group of people, mostly women, pose.
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The Shore Hotel

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Description: View toward the Shore Hotel from across the intersection at 34th Street and Central Avenue. A double staircase leads to the second-story porch where three ...
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The Ocean House Hotel

Date: 1878
Description: Elevated view of the Ocean House hotel with men, women, and children posing in front of it. Another group of people are standing on the third story balcony...
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Fishing On The Pier

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Description: People fish from a wooden pier.
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Fishermen Showing Their Catch On Ocean Avenue

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Description: Fishermen show off their catch on Ocean Avenue in Manasquan Beach. Several dwellings and buildings, a road, automobiles, power lines, and a flag pole are ...
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Boathouses

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Description: View across water towards two boathouses. The one in the center is small with one door, and the other boathouse on the righthas five doors. To the left of ...
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Adam's Cottage

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Description: Exterior view of Adam's Cottage, surrounded by trees. Caption reads: "Adams Cottage, Lincoln Park, N.J."
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Natatorium Swimming Pool

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Description: View of a natatorium swimming pool, which opened around 1888. Four people stand in the pool while other people stand around the edge. People are watching b...
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The Fountain

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Description: View of a stone fountain with a light fixture, presumably for horses, on a curb in front of a "Clerk's Office" and a "Dentist." A horse's head is carved in...
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My Hooverized Xmas Greeting

Date: 1918
Description: Holiday card, red ink on light brown, speckled and textured cover paper. The text appears to be referring to the economic hard times during the presidency ...
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Railroad Station

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Description: Elevated view of a railroad station at Beaver Lake. Men gather in front of the station on the left where horses and carriages are parked. Signs on the stat...
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Beach Dunes Looking North

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Description: View from beach dunes looking north. View features many plants on sand dunes in the forefront, and people on a sandy beach, many dwellings, and a flag in t...
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Bernegat Lighthouse

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Description: Barnegat Lighthouse was built in 1854 by the U.S. government. Oil-powered lights were originally installed in 1856 but were replaced by electric lights in ...
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Large City Bridge

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Description: View uphill toward an automobile and a horse-drawn carriage driving down a city bridge while men and women are walking along the sidewalk on the right. Bui...
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Morris Canal Aqueduct

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Description: View of the Morris Canal Aqueduct, with a wooden walkway bridge beside it on the left.
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Lake Scene

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Description: Lake scene with children in a rowboat near the Rock Ridge Mountains and Lake. Caption reads: "Rockridge Mountains and Lake, Denville, N.J."
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West Side Cove on Beaver Lake

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Description: View of a family boating in the west side cove on Beaver Lake.
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City View

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Description: Elevated view of the city with a river in the foreground.

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